Talking-machine.



No. 759,143. PATENTED MAY 3, 1904. L L. P. VALIQUET. TALKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 00T,1. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented May 3, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS P. VALIQUET, OF NEW YORK, N. Y, ASSIGNOR TO VICTOR TALKING MACHINE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TALKING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 759,143, dated May 3, 1904. Application filed October 1, 1903. Serial No. 175,801. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS P. VALIQUE'I, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the borough of Bronx, city, county,

5 and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Talking-Vlachiues, of which the following is a specification.

hly invention relates in general to talking- IO machines; and more specifically it consists of an improved apparatus for assembling and connecting the sound-box, horn, and supporting-arm therefor.

The preferred construction embodying my 5 invention is illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the support ingarm, horn, and connecting-rings,with the position of the sound-box indicated in broken 2 lines. Fig 2 is a plan view of the horn-elbowsupporting arm and connecting-rings. Fig. 3 is a detail in section of the double connecting-ring. Fig. 4 is a reversed plan view of the double connecting-ring and portion of the supporting-arm. Fig. is a detail longitudinal section of the parts shown in Figs. 1 and, 2, the sound-box being shown in full lines in position.

Throughout the drawings like reference-ligures indicate like parts.

1 is the usual swinging arm for supporting the sound-box and horn, which I prefer to make of metal.

2 is the usual form of sound-box having a short tubular extension 2.

3 is the horn for amplifying the reproduced sound-waves. This horn may be made with a detachable elbow, as shown, connected to the main part of the horn by the screw-joint 3.

4: is the bushing, of flexible non-conducting material, inserted in the end of the horn and held in place in any convenient manner, as by expanding it into the bead 11. (Shown in Fig. 2.)

5 is a ring mounted in the end of the supporting-arm 1, adapted to receive and support the tubular extension 2 of the soundbox. This ring is preferably formed by bending up a strip of metal without fastening the ends together and is mounted in the arm 1 by 5 inserting the radial extension 8 of one end of the ring into the said arm, as best shown in Fig. -1. A second ring 6,preferablyof slightly larger diameter, is concentric with the ring 5, and the two are attached together along a por- 5 5 tion of their adjacent circumferences, preferably by means of the connecting-web 7, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. This ring is also split at one side, its ends being bent outward in parallel extensions 9 and 10, which are normally slightly separated, but may be clamped together by means of the thumbscrew 12.

The end of the horn 3, which, as shown in the drawings, consists of the non-metallic bush- 5 ing 4, fits over the end of the tubular extension 2 of the sound-box and into the split clamping-ring 6.

The method of operation of the invention is follows: The parts being assembled as 7 shown in Figs. 1 and 5, tightening of the thumb-screw 12 clamps the ring 6 down u pou the bushing 4 and this in turn upon the tubular extension 2 of the sound-box, thereby holding all the parts firmly together in their proper position. On loosening the thumbscrew 12 the horn and sound-box, or either of them, may be removed and the double ring left supported upon the end of the swinging arm 1.

Among the advantages of my invention are the convenience of manipulation, as above described, the fastening of all the parts of the reproducer together by the action of one clamping means, the elimination of all rat- 5 tling of the parts during reproduction, and cheapness of manufacture, the double ring being stamped up out of one sheet of metal, leaving the connecting-web 7 between the two parts, and then bending these into circular 9 form. It is also evident that there are no loose parts to become misplaced or lost when the machine taken down for packing or other purposes.

It is evident, of course, that various changes 95 could be made in the details of construction above described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. The two parts of the double ring might be connected together by other means, and other means of attaching the ring to the swinging arm might be substituted. The non-metallic bushing 4 might be dispensed with and also the separable elbow for the horn. These and similar modifications, however, I consider mere mechanical details and should regard the resulting structures as still within the boundaries of my invention.

Having therefore described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is

1. Inatalkingmachine,aswingingarmprovided with a ring atone end for supporting the sound-box, and a clamping-ring for bolding the horn attached to the first-mentioned ring along a portion only of their adjacent circumferences. I I

2. In a talking-machin e, a swinging arm provided witlr-a yielding ring at one end for supporting the sound-box, and a split clampingring for holding the horn attached to the yielding ring along a portion onl of their adjacent circumferences.

3. In a talking-machine, a swinging arm provided with a yielding ring at one end for supporting the sound-box, and a split clampingring for holding the horn attached to the yielding ring along a portion only of their adjacent circumferences, said two rings being stamped up out of one piece of metal.

4:. In a talking-machine, the combination of a sound-box having the usual shorttubular extension, a supporting-arm provided at the end with a metal ring fitting over said tubular extension, a horn having its end adapted to fit over said tubular extension,and a split clamping-ring adapted to receive the end of the horn, and attached to the first-mentioned ring along a portion only of their adjacent circumferences.

5. In a talking-machine, the combination of a sound-box having the usual short tubular extension, a supporting-arm provided at the end with a metal ring fitting over said tubular extension, a horn having its end adapted to fit over said tubular extension, and a split clamping-ring adapted to receive the end of the horn, and attached to the first-mentioned ring along a portion only of their adjacent circumferences, the ends of the tubular ex tension of the sound-box and of the horn being both within the grasp of the clampingring when the parts are assembled.

6. In a talking-machine, the combination of a sound-box having the usual short tubular extension, a supporting-arm provided at the end with a metal ring fitting over said tubular extension, a horn having its end adapted to fit over said tubular extension, and a split clamping-ring adapted to receive the end of the horn, and attached to the first-mentioned ring along a portion only of their adjacent circumferences, the end of the horn entering the clamping-ring being formed of flexible non-metallic material.

7. As an article of manufacture, a double ring for talking-machines formed out of one sheet of metal with a short connecting-web left between the two parts which are bent up into circular form, one of the rings having one radially-projecting end for attachment to a supporting-arm, and the other ring having two parallel projecting ends, perforated for the insertion of clamping means.

8. As an article of manufacture, a double ring for talking-machines formed out of one sheet of metal with a short connecting-web left between the two parts which are bent up into circular form, one of the rings having one radially-projecting end for attachment to a supporting-arm, and the other ring having two parallel projecting ends, perforated for the insertion of clamping means, the last-mentioned ring being of slightly larger diameter than the other ring.

Signed at New York, N. Y. this 21st day of September, 1903.

LOUIS P. VALIQUET.

W'itnesses:

J. E. PEARSON, M. G. CRAWFORD. 

